ubuntu-desktop-minimal should not depend on mysql libs

Bug #1860620 reported by Casey Marshall
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
net-snmp (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

After upgrading to 20.04 I decided to remove packages that I don't need or use.

I was surprised to find that mysql client, server and common packages were installed, as I could not remember having installed mysql -- I don't use it or develop for it...

When I removed them, ubuntu-desktop-minimal went along for the ride:

c@slate:~$ sudo apt-get purge -y mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server-core-5.7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libgsound0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  colord* gnome-control-center* libmysqlclient21* libsane* libsnmp30* mysql-common* ubuntu-desktop-minimal*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 28.4 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 381127 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ubuntu-desktop-minimal (1.443) ...
Removing gnome-control-center (1:3.34.1-1ubuntu3) ...
Removing colord (1.4.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libsane:amd64 (1.0.27-3.2ubuntu3) ...
Removing libsnmp30:amd64 (5.7.3+dfsg-5ubuntu6) ...
Removing libmysqlclient21:amd64 (8.0.18-0ubuntu5) ...
Removing mysql-common (5.8+1.0.5ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.63.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.30-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.16-2ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for udev (244-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu1) ...
(Reading database ... 380812 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for mysql-common (5.8+1.0.5ubuntu2) ...
Purging configuration files for colord (1.4.4-1ubuntu1) ...

And, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop-minimal wants to brings them back, even with recommends and suggests turned off:

c@slate:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop-minimal --no-install-recommends --no-install-
--no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
c@slate:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop-minimal --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  colord gnome-control-center libmysqlclient21 libsane libsnmp30 mysql-common
Suggested packages:
  colord-sensor-argyll gnome-user-share realmd libcanberra-gtk-module hplip
Recommended packages:
  gnome-online-accounts gnome-control-center-faces rygel | rygel-tracker sane-utils firefox hplip
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  colord gnome-control-center libmysqlclient21 libsane libsnmp30 mysql-common ubuntu-desktop-minimal
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/6,114 kB of archives.
After this operation, 28.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

This seems really wrong... and looks like a transitive dependency, as I don't see it in apt-get showpkg ubuntu-desktop-minimal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop-minimal 1.443
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-74.84-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair binder_linux ashmem_linux
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jan 22 19:26:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-26 (514 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-23 (0 days ago)

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Casey Marshall (cmars) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: rls-gg-incoming
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

this should be looked at by the Desktop Team.

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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

I’m not sure if depending on a library and -common (the initial apt log shows the client and server themselves were *not* installed) is a particular problem, but if so, this is coming from libsnmp35.

affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) → net-snmp (Ubuntu)
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Casey Marshall (cmars) wrote :

Why does desktop depend on libsnmp35 though?

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S.Toonen (s-toonen) wrote :

Isn't the question why libsnmp35 depends on libmysqlclient21?

I'm having the weird situation, that when I try to install zabbix-proxy-pgsql, it depends on libsnmp35 which depends on libmysqlclient21 which in turn installs mysql-common.

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ElTouco72 (eltouco72) wrote :

Actually, ubuntu-destop and ubuntu-gnome-desktop depend also on unrelated components like Samba-libs which i wanted to remove.

I've noticed this since i upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS

I could be a severe bug since if one does not pay attention before being asked to remove the libs it can break his system by removing important stuff.

sudo apt-get remove samba-libs
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Les paquets suivants ont été installés automatiquement et ne sont plus nécessaires :
  libcdio-cdda2 libcdio-paranoia2 libcolord-gtk1 libgsound0 libldb2
  librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2
  librygel-renderer-gst-2.6-2 librygel-server-2.6-2 libtalloc2 libtevent0
  libwbclient0 python3-talloc rygel rygel-playbin rygel-tracker
Veuillez utiliser « sudo apt autoremove » pour les supprimer.
Les paquets supplémentaires suivants seront installés :
  libgeonames-common libgeonames0 libtimezonemap-data libtimezonemap1
  ubuntu-system-service unity-control-center
Paquets suggérés :
  libcanberra-gtk-module
Les paquets suivants seront ENLEVÉS :
  gnome-control-center gvfs-backends libsmbclient samba-libs ubuntu-desktop
  ubuntu-desktop-minimal ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Les NOUVEAUX paquets suivants seront installés :
  libgeonames-common libgeonames0 libtimezonemap-data libtimezonemap1
  ubuntu-system-service unity-control-center
0 mis à jour, 6 nouvellement installés, 7 à enlever et 1 non mis à jour.
Il est nécessaire de prendre 6 053 ko dans les archives.
Après cette opération, 8 727 ko d'espace disque seront libérés.
Souhaitez-vous continuer ? [O/n] n
Annulation.

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Lucas Kanashiro (lucaskanashiro) wrote :

The net-snmp dependency on default-libmysqlclient-dev was added because of this Debian bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836312

It's needed to have mysql support. In Bionic we already have this change.

FWIW the mysql support was initially introduced in version 5.7.2~dfsg-1~0.1. It's unlikely we drop the mysql support, it could be considered a regression. Could any of you provide a good reason to not have mysql support in net-snmp?

Changed in net-snmp (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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ElTouco72 (eltouco72) wrote :

@Lucas Kanashiro

Do you know why samba-libs depends also on ubuntu-desktop ?

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Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj) wrote :

@ElTouco72, samba-libs does not depend on ubuntu-desktop. You can verify the output of "apt show samba-libs", or do a "apt install --dry-run samba-libs".

You will see that samba-libs is part of the task "ubuntu-desktop", but that's a different thing.

tags: removed: rls-gg-incoming
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